BUTTE VALLEY — Penalties, turnovers and miscues ultimately plagued the Butte College football team in its first loss of the season.

But, the Roadrunners would like to wipe that experience from away from their memories as they aim to rebound against Fresno City College.

“The biggest takeaway from that game is that we can beat ourselves,” said head coach Rob Snelling following Wednesday’s practice. “Ultimately if you turn the ball over and you have penalties to the extent that we did, you just take the game away from yourself. We addressed it on Monday. Took care of that on Monday. I don’t think that’s going to be happening again at all.”

Butte (1-1) was dealt its first loss with a 28-23 setback against Santa Rosa on Sept. 8. The Roadrunners went into halftime trailing 21-10 and began mounting a second-half comeback, even shutting out the Bear Cubs in the fourth quarter.

But red zone penalties and turnovers proved to be the biggest difference in the game against Santa Rosa.

“We have to learn from it and move forward,” Snelling said.

The Roadrunners have dedicated more time to special teams during this week’s practice in an attempt to clean up play come Saturday, Snelling said.

“I don’t think it’s too much mental. It was more of technique error,” Snelling said. “It’s all stuff that these guys have proved that they’re capable of doing.”

The Roadrunners will have a lengthy trip as they travel down to Fresno to take on the Rams at 5 p.m. on Saturday.

Fresno City is coming off a bye week after its game against Siskiyous originally planned for Sept. 8 was cancelled due to the Delta Fire.

“They’re similar to us. They like to run the ball. They’re a physical team,” Snelling said. “Traditionally they’re in the playoff hunt every single year.”

The Rams are tied for No. 9 in the state in the latest edition of the California Community College Sports Information Association Football Poll. Butte dropped from No. 12 to No. 16 and is tied with Chabot in the latest poll.

Saturday’s game will also be a rematch of last year’s State Center Bowl where Butte fell 44-21.

“They have some good speed on the offensive side of the ball,” Snelling said. “They’re big up front — O-line and D-line. They’re a solid program year in and year out.”

Jackson Taylor took majority of the workload for the Roadrunners against Santa Rosa. Taylor totaled 197 yards and two touchdowns on 28 carries.

“He continued to work throughout the game. All night long he was ready to go,” Snelling said. “He was having a great game. Things were rolling so we gave him that opportunity. He gave us a chance to win the game.”

Quarterback Brandt Hughes completed 11 of 22 passes for 166 yards passing against Santa Rosa. However, Hughes was under pressure throughout the game and there were a couple dropped passes.

“I was happy with how he played. I thought we had to do a better job of giving him time to throw,” Snelling said. “We have to complete some plays catching the ball. We dropped two third down balls that would have kept the drive going for us. Those are all things that throw you out of rhythm.”

During this week of practice, Snelling has already seen improvement and is confident his team will make the necessary adjustments against the Rams.

“If we can do a better job holding onto the ball, which we will, and clean up the penalties, which we will, then we give ourselves a better shot in every game we play in,” he said. “The biggest challenge is going to be against ourselves. We can’t make the same mistakes we made in the past.”